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SELECTED LIVE BIRTH STATISTICS, RESIDENTS OF LEFLORE COUNTY, 1998
*** BY RACE OF MOTHER ***
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NUMBER PERCENT
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NON- NON-
STATISTIC TOTAL WHITE WHITE TOTAL WHITE WHITE
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TOTAL BIRTHS 645 151 494 100.0 100.0 100.0
MALES 319 70 249 49.4 46.4 50.4
FEMALES 326 81 245 50.5 53.6 49.6
TEEN-AGE BIRTHS 190 23 167 29.4 15.2 33.8
PREMATURE BIRTHS* 98 21 77 15.2 13.9 15.6
IMMATURE BIRTHS** 54 12 42 8.4 7.9 8.5
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 442 26 416 68.5 17.2 84.2
TEEN ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 180 16 164 27.9 10.6 33.2
AGE OF MOTHER (ALL BIRTHS)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.4 - 1.8
15-19 181 23 158 28.1 15.2 32.0
20-24 234 41 193 36.3 27.2 39.1
25-29 135 49 86 20.9 32.4 17.4
30-34 61 31 30 9.4 20.5 6.1
35-39 23 6 17 3.6 4.0 3.4
40-44 2 1 1 0.3 0.7 0.2
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
AGE OF MOTHER (ILLEGITIMATE)
UNDER 15 9 0 9 1.4 - 1.8
15-19 171 16 155 26.5 10.6 31.4
20-24 177 2 175 27.4 1.3 35.4
25-29 54 2 52 8.4 1.3 10.5
30-34 18 4 14 2.8 2.6 2.8
35-39 13 2 11 2.0 1.3 2.2
40-44 0 0 0 - - -
45 AND OVER 0 0 0 - - -
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
EDUCATION OF MOTHER
NONE 0 0 0 - - -
1-6 YEARS 3 0 3 0.5 - 0.6
7-9 YEARS 74 10 64 11.5 6.6 13.0
10, 11 YEARS 161 27 134 25.0 17.9 27.1
12 YEARS 219 42 177 34.0 27.8 35.8
1-3 YEARS COLLEGE 120 37 83 18.6 24.5 16.8
4 OR MORE YEARS COLLEGE 68 35 33 10.5 23.2 6.7
UNKNOWN 0 0 0 - - -
PRENATAL CARE BEGAN
NO CARE 12 1 11 1.9 0.7 2.2
FIRST TRIMESTER 347 120 227 53.8 79.5 46.0
SECOND TRIMESTER 227 24 203 35.2 15.9 41.1
THIRD TRIMESTER 34 2 32 5.3 1.3 6.5
UNKNOWN MONTH 25 4 21 3.9 2.6 4.2
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* PREMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH GESTATION LESS THAN 37 WEEKS.
** IMMATURE BIRTHS ARE THOSE WITH BIRTHWEIGHT LESS THAN 2,500 GRAMS.
# LESS THAN 0.06 PERCENT.
